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Shloka 4

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

स तेषां गुणसंघात: शरीरं भरतर्षभ | सततं हि प्रलीयन्ते गुणास्ते प्रभवन्ति च,भरतश्रेष्ठ! प्राणियोंका शरीर उन्हीं पाँचों महाभूतोंका कार्यसमूह है। वे कार्यरूपमें परिणत भूतगण सदा लीन होते और प्रकट होते रहते हैं

sa teṣāṁ guṇasaṅghātaḥ śarīraṁ bharatarṣabha | satataṁ hi pralīyante guṇās te prabhavanti ca ||

Bhīṣma nói: “Hỡi bậc tráng sĩ của dòng Bharata, thân này chẳng qua chỉ là một khối hợp thành từ những thành phần ấy. Quả thật, các thành phần ấy luôn luôn tan rã và luôn luôn sinh khởi trở lại. Vì vậy, hãy hiểu đời sống hữu thân là một tiến trình không ngừng của kết tụ và tiêu tán, chớ lầm thân thể là một cái ngã bất biến.”

सःthat (he/it)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेषाम्of those
तेषाम्:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
गुण-संघातःaggregate/collection of qualities (elements)
गुण-संघातः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुणसंघात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भरत-ऋषभO bull among the Bharatas
भरत-ऋषभ:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (Vocative epithet)
Rootभरतऋषभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सततम्always, continually
सततम्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसतत
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
प्रलीयन्तेdissolve, merge (into)
प्रलीयन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-ली
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
गुणाःqualities; constituents
गुणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेthose
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रभवन्तिarise, come into being
प्रभवन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-भू
FormPresent, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
भरत-श्रेष्ठO best of the Bharatas
भरत-श्रेष्ठ:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (Vocative epithet)
Rootभरतश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
B
Bharatarshabha (Yudhishthira)

Educational Q&A

The body is a temporary aggregate of material constituents that continually arise and dissolve; recognizing this supports detachment and clearer discernment of the self beyond bodily change.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhishma explains a philosophical view of embodiment: the body is formed from constituent elements and is perpetually undergoing dissolution and re-formation.